Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa March 2016 | Page 36

WOMEN IN PROPERTY

Queen

SA’s Shopping Centre

Taking the Reigns of SA’s Shopping Centres

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omzamo Radebe is leading the charge
of inspirational women in the property
sector and has recently been appointed
as President of the South African Council of
Shopping Centres (SACSC) and named President
Elect of the South African Property Owners
Association (SAPOA) for 2016/7.
Prior to this appointment, Nomzamo Radebe
was the former chief investment officer, an
executive director and a member of the executive
committee of Pareto Limited, a property loan stock
company which focused strongly on acquiring and
enhancing regional, super regional and mixed use
developments in South Africa.

Nomzamo Radebe is
leading the charge of
inspirational women in
the property sector.
She took up her new position at SACSC at the
beginning of July and is already finding new ways
to leverage off the council’s strong foundation.
“In the coming year, our focus will be to grow
the value we give to members, so everyone can
rise up. We’re in a difficult economy. While
retail fundamentals are the same, they are
becoming more complex. We’re dealing with more
competition and game-changing technology. This
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means getting up to speed, and staying up to
speed, with the latest developments,” says Radebe.
Radebe believes upskilling within the shopping
centre management structure is an important
opportunity. As a result, SACSC will be assessing
the education courses needed, and even working
in alliances with other bodies, to offer training in
the necessary skills. “We want to help members
respond to today’s challenges and evolving
technological environment.”
“The beautiful thing X